Ammunition dispensing pouch



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9 I I r r r a z r z 1 4 INVENTOR Robert L. Burton BY WW ATTORNEYS FIG pensing pouch constructed 3,004,692 Patented Oct. '17, 1961 United States Patent ()fiice 3,004,692 AMMUNITION DISPENSING. POUCH Robert L. Barton, E0. Box 1, Jasper, Ala.

Filed June 26, 1959, Ser. No. 823,090 4 Claims. (Cl. 224-15) The present invention relates to ammunition dispensmg pouch and has for anobject to provide a pouch for hOlding cartridges in such manner and order that the same may be quickly and conveniently withdrawn for use. Another object of the invention is to provide a slotted container for the cartridges or other form of ammunition in which the slot is sufiiciently wide to permit the shells to drop down through the slot and be exposed'below the container for grasping by the hand of the gunner, but such slot is narrower than the diameter of the flanges of the shells-whereby the shells may be slidably supported on marginal portions of the slot walls for movement to one or more outlet mouths at one or both. ends of the slot, thus permitting complete withdrawal of the cartridge from the container.

'A further object of the inventionresides in providing an ammunition dispensing pouchin which the container is constructed of relatively movable sections adjustable together or apart for the purpose of altering the width of the slot to accommodate ammunition of ditferent types and sizes.

A still further-object of the invention is to provide a slotted container having discharge months at both ends in which the slot and thedischa'rge mouths are all in a substantially horizontal plane for promoting the greatest ease in sliding movement of the cartridges. along the slot to either end thereof and out through the adjacent discharge mouth. Y F

With the foregoing and other objects in view, the invention will be more fully described hereinafter, and will be more particularly pointed out in the claims-ap pended hereto.'

In the drawings, wherein like symbols refer to like or corresponding parts throughout the severalviews: FIGURE 1 is an isometric view of an ammunition disin accordance with the present invention. E i

FIGURE 2 is a vertical transverse sectional view taken on an enlarged scale onithe line 2-2 of FIGURE 1. 1 FIGURE 3 is a view similar to 'FIGURE'Z taken on -a further magnified, scale of the lower portionv of the pouch with parts in full and in dotted positions.

FIGURE 4 is a horizontal section taken-on anren- .larged scale on the line 44 in FIGURE 2- FIGURE 5 is a vertical section takenon the line 5--5 ofFIGURE4. Referring more particularly to the drawings, A designates' an upper pouch portion which will be-conveniently and preferably made from leather and B designates a lower pouch portion which constitutes a dispensing unit and which will preferably be-made from some more rigid material, for instance; metal, plastic or other suitable and desirable'material. I v

The upper pouch part comprises-side walls and '11 and end walls 12 and 13, which together form atubular structure open at both its, upperand lower ends. A cover flap 14 is provided for closing the upper-end and this flap may be a continuation of one of the side walls, being folded over on the other side wall and secured removably thereto by snap or other .type of fastener. The upper pouch part A may also be constructed in a well-known manner to be attached to a belt 15. The above parts are generallyof leather with the exception, of course, of the snap or other fasteners and it will be noted that the end was 12 and 13 particularly I although leather of its nature is generally flexible.

are incurved or infolded to permit of a greater flexibility The incurving of theend walls 12 and 13 permits the side walls 10 and 11 to move toward oneanother; in other words to be collapsed or expanded toward and from one another and this is important particularly at the lower portion'of the upper pouch section A in order that the leather portion may follow the movement of the lower dispensing unit B in its changes of adjustment as hereinafter more fully described. e

The lower dispensing unit B comprises side walls 16 and 17 and overlapped endwalls 18 and 18 which are provided inpairs at the ends of this lower container unit.

The side walls 16 and 17 have downwardly convergent curved lower portions 19 and 19 which terminate in a bottom slot 21 defined by the lower free edges of the side walls 16 and 17.

The two outer end walls 18 at opposite ends of the container carry one of the side walls, for instance, the side wall 16 while the inner pair of end walls 18 at opposite ends of the container carry the opposite side wall 17.

- of cartridges as hereinafter explained.

The pairs of overlappedend walls 18 and 18 are connected together by pivot bolts 23 preferably having their heads disposed on the outsides of the outer end walls 18 and having nuts 24 threaded on the inner ends of the bolts 23 and engaging against the inner end walls 18.

The side wall 16 and its companion outer end walls 18 constitute one section of the container. The opposite side wall 17 together with its inner end walls 18 constitute the other section of the container and these two sections are relatively movable on the pivots 23 for the purpose of widening or narrowing the bottom slot 21 in order that its width may accommodate the diameter of shells of the cartridges to be placed in the pouch. The flanges of the shells will, however, be of greater diameter than the width of the slot so that the ammunition may be supported in a hanging attitude from the engagement of the flanges upon the opposite side edges the slot 21. This will provide a sliding support for the cartridges in which the cartridges are supported upon their flanges and depend through the open slot 21. The discharge mouths will be wide enough to permit of the movement therethrough of the shell flanges.

The nuts 24 may be used to tighten upon the pivot bolts 23 after adjustment of the container sections in order to maintain the adjustment but as this requires a manual operation and the nuts are not conveniently accessible it will probably be found more convenient to employ an automatic retaining means such for instance as providing in one end wall, for instance 18 a series of holes or indentations 25 arranged in an arc of a circle on a radius having as its center the center of the pivot bolts 23; and in the other companion end wall 18 providing a rounded boss 26 positioned to engage successively in the holes or indentations 25. As the end Walls 18, 18 will preferably be of sheet metal possessing a certain degree of elasticity, and in view of the fact that the pairs of overlapped end walls 18 and 18 held rather tightly together by the pivot bolts 23 and nuts 24, there will be sufficient elasticity and pressure to enable the rounded boss 26 to automatically snap into an appropriate hole or indentation 25 in the various angular positions of the sections of the container.

Bowed spring leaves 27 are preferably afiixed to the I outer end walls 18. These spring leaves may be conveniently clamped beneath the heads of the pivot bolts 23 and they depend downwardly of the end walls and have outturned lower free ends 27 which lie outwardly of the discharge mouths 22, 22 The springs will thus serve to yieldably hold the cartridges from casual escape from the discharge mouths and will require manual force exerted on the cartridge to fiex the springs 26 away from the mouths so as to permit the withdrawal of the cartridges.

The cartridges are indicated at 28 and their flanges at 29.

The side walls 16 and 17 of the lower unit B will be affixed as by rivets 30 to the lower marginal portions of the side walls and 11 of the upper leather pouch section A.

In operation, the cover flap is opened and a supply of ammunition in the form of shells or cartridges is loaded into the upper end of the leather pouch section A. Such shells will descend by gravity and will automatically drop through the slot 21 until their flanges 29 engage the side edges of the slot. Thus a number of cartridges will arrange themselves along the length of the slot 21 in a substantially horizontal row with the end cartridges adjacent the discharge mouths 22, 22 so that a short sliding movement by the hand of the gunner may disengage an end projectile from either opposite discharge mouths 22, 22, the fiat spring leaves 27 being sprung outwardly from the end walls incident to the release of the cartridge.

As the side walls 16 and 17 are exposed beneath the upper leather section A and the lower portions of these side walls 16 and 17 are downwardly curved as indicated at 19 and 19 it will be convenient simply to apply pressure to opposite portions '19, 19* tending to squeeze the same together which will result in a rocking of the sections of the container about the pivot points 23 and thus narrowing the slot 21 while moving the boss 26 out of a recently occupied indentation 25 and into an indentation next in the series.

On the other hand whenever it is desirable to open the slot 21 to a wider degree in order to accommodate larger ammunition, the edges of the slot are always exposed and accessible to the fingers or to a suitable tool or as a matter of fact to one of the cart-ridges so that by an application of force the edges of the slot may be engaged for the purpose of prying the sections of the container apart at the slot; or otherwise stated rotating these sections about the pivots 23 in a reverse angular movcment, the boss 26 springing out of the recently occupied indentation and snapping into the next indentation in order.

It will be understood by those skilled in the art that the slot 21 is disposed substantially horizontally so that the shells will not gravitate to either end of the ,slot and will not tend to pile up upon one another, but will he more freely movable by the hand of ,the operator in shifting the shell to either mouth. The shell next the mou h will, of course, be the one grasped and withdrawn by a horizontal outer movement so that its flange 29 will engage the bowed spring 27 at its lower .outturned end 27", prying the spring 27 outwardly from the dotted .to the full line position shown at the right-hand end of FIGURE 5, thus enabling the escape of the flange 29 of the shell 28 whereby the elastic reactionary movement of the spring finger 27 against the flange 29 will tend to force the shell 28 downwardly more securely into the hand of the hunter. Incident to the formation of the lip or outturned lower free end 27, the spring on its inner side at this point will .be rounded and in its -re actionary movement will, therefore, tend to move, the

4 flange 29 downwardly into an escape position from the incident mouth 22, 22.

By the angular adjustability of the sections of the lower unit B about the centers of the pivot bolts 23, the width of the slot 21 may be adjusted as heretofore described and inci ent. to this adj stment the ed of the slot may be positio ed ni e y lat ely o he diameter of the shell; 28 to prevent any binding action of the slot edges p the s ells, th s n r n f ee of horizontal movement of the shells through the slot 21 without any fic ional inte fe en e In id nt t th angular adjustin movement of the two sec i ns. 05 the lower unit B, the pp r po ti ns thereof whi h are s ed by he r vets 30 to e leath r side walls 10, 11 of the upper leather section A of the pouch will be r quired o m i e to .a limit d xten o a d a from one another an th flexible end w lls 12, 1. o th pper leather sec ion A freely .foll w this mov men and facilitate the same. These end walls 12, 13 are shown in FIGURE 1 as being iu l rved, but in FIGURE 4 they are shown as being bulged outwar y at their l r nds so as to pass freely about the end walls 18, 18 of the lower section B, the walls 12, '13 being bulged outwardly to provide excess material to allow the pivotal move ment of the walls 18, 18 of the lower unit B above the pivot points 23. As many of the holes or indentations 25 as required may be included in the series so that the two sections of the lower unit B will have as many different angular positions as required by the range of diameters of the shells to :be used in the pouch. The angular adjustment may he made from the outside of the pouch quickly and without the requirement to unlooscn any nuts or bolts, or to retighten the same. The adjustment may be simply made by the application of pressure to the two units of the lower section B.

Although I have disclosed herein the best form of the invention known to meat this time, I reserve the right to all such modifications and changes as may come within the scope of the following claims.

"What is claimed is:

1. An ammunition dispensing pouch comprising an upper pouch section and a lower dispensing container section, said upper pouch section comprising front and rear and end flexible walls connected together in tubular formation open at the upper and lower portions thereof, a removable cover for the upper portion, said lower dispensing container section comprising front and rear walls overlapped with the front and rear walls of the upper pouch section aflixed thereto and having lower curved portions terminating in a slot, said lower dispensing container section also including pairs of overlapped end walls pivoted together at intermediate portions and rocking on one another to open or close the slot, said pairs of overlapped endwails carried respectively by said front and rear walls of the lower dispensing container section, the lower dispensing container section opening immediately at its upper open end portion into the lower open .end portion of theupper pouch section and the flexible walls of the upper pouch section yielding freely to the pivotal movements of the overlapped end walls of the lower section in the act of adjusting the width of the slot, detent means {between the pairs of overlapped end walls for maintaining such overlapped end walls in selected angular positions, the lower portions of said overlapped end walls having pscape mouths, and yieldable restraining means extending in alignment with the mouths. 2. An ammunition pouch as claimed in claim m which the walls of the lower section are substantially g and the slot substantially horizontal whereby cartridges loaded into the upper-pouch section will fall by gravity into the lower secition and automatically seek a position iuwhich the shells will project outwardly of the 319 Whil the flanges pf the cartridges rest upon the side wa ls of the lower se tion adj cent t s 3: j-pouch a cla med n m 1 m walls, said sockets being struck on an arc with a radius the center of which is at the centerof pivotal movement of the overlapped end walls.

References Cited in the file of this patent UNITED STATES PATENTS Taylor Nov. 27, 1917 Blanchard June 3, 1958 

